THE KLAMATH COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pumice Plateau setting.
Klamath County has 5,949.9 square miles of land in Oregon. 11 mapped landscape regions meet across Klamath County: Pumice Plateau, Klamath Juniper Woodland/Devils Garden, Klamath/Goose Lake Basins, among others.
On the Cascades' drier eastern side, open pine forests mingle with volcanic cones, buttes and basins. Larger river valleys and lake basins interrupt the surrounding uplands.
Regional context: Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Klamath County intersects 11 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Pumice Plateau38.5%
- Klamath Juniper Woodland/Devils Garden12.6%
- Klamath/Goose Lake Basins12.6%
- High Southern Cascades Montane Forest10.4%
- Fremont Pine/Fir Forest8.1%
Cascades in Klamath County
Volcanic mountains, deeply cut stream valleys and glaciated high country define the Cascades. Conifer forests change with elevation, giving way to mountain meadows and rocky alpine terrain.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Klamath County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Klamath County, including Klamath Falls, Keno, Altamont. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Klamath County by land and water
The Census records 187.3 square miles of water within Klamath County, or 3.1% of its total area. That share is close to Klamath County’s 3.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Klamath County has 7,282.6 times the land area of nearby Chiloquin city (0.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Deschutes County, Douglas County, Jackson County, Lake County, Lane County within Oregon. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

